Advertising clock



Sept. 20, 1932. Q B DRAKE 1,878,683

ADVERTISING CLOCK File d April 9, 1952 Patented Sept. 20, 1932 UNITED STATES CHARLES .ZB. DRAKE, (SF-NORFOLRIVIRGINIA.

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Application filed April 9, 1932; Serial No; 604,331. '7

My. invention relates to new and usefulv improvements in clocks and while I have ing a disc adapted to be secured to' and operable with the second hand shaft of the clock, the advertising matter being .so arranged upon the disc that it 'may be con M tinuously read as the disc is rotated.- A further object of the invention consists in the provision of a shield having a sight opening through which the advertising mat ter on a portion of the disc may be.read,sa1d shield being supported by and operable rela tive to the second hand shaft to which the disc containing the advertising matter is secured. i Another object of the invention resides in the provision of anovelform of hub unit or member for. securing the disc containing the advertising matter to the second hand shaft, said unit or member also beingprovided with bearing portions adapted for mounting the shield relative to the disc.

Still. another object of the invention consists forming the shield so that the same will be balanced'to positionthe sight open ing therein, at all times, atthe' bottom there'- of, it'being understood that theadvertising matter may be readthrough the sightlopem ing as the disccontaining'thesame is roe tate'd; V V V With the above and other objects i'nview, which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention consists in the novel details of construction, and arrangement of parts, described in the tollowing specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, described the preferred embodiments of the invention,' as. they now appear to "me, it will be understood that such changes maybe made as will fall within appended claims.

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the scope of the 'In the dra-wing:-v f Fig. 1 is a front tace view of thejclock. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section on the line: 2-"-2 of Fig. 1 lookinginthe direction of the 7 arrows; 5 5" Fig. 3 is a verticalsection on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking in the directionof the far- Fig; 4 is a fragmental detail showingya section on the line 'H'of Fig. 3 looking the direction of the arrows; and 3 Fig; 5 is a rear face viewof' hedisc con} taini-ng the advertising matter and the shield positioned relativethereto i i In the drawing. 1 indicatesahousingor casinghaving the glass front plate 2 held positionby the frames which surrounds and overlies the edges thereoffasshown m ore'particularly in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Posir tioned behind theffrontplate is a plate it 7 bearingthe usual clock numerals. I Supported interiorly of the housing or casing by the bracket 5 or other suitable supportingmeans is a motor 6,.shown as a: synchronous "electric motor although any other desired suitable motor may be used. Operated by themotor' are the usual hour and minute hands shownat 7 and SreSpectiVelyand at 91 have shown a second hand shaft to which a secondhand is usually connected and by. which itis-us ually operated. In my present construction I do away with said second hand and instead secure to the shaftaby means of a hub unit or member, a disc "or plate 10 "which bears p the, advertising matter arranged as shown 1 more particularly in Fig.1 of the drawing. 7 The outer end of the; shaft 9 is. tapered as I shown at 11 and this tapered endis received in a tapered opening formed in'the hubunit p or member'indicated' generally at .12, this hub unit or member; being provided on its inner face with a reduced extension 13 and on its outer face with a reduced extension "14,1 these extensions being used as bearingsy for supporting the shield to be later described, 951 'Intermediatethereduced extensionsl and 14 the hub unit or member is provided with the outwardly, directed-.fian'ge 15 "against which the inner'iace of the disc IO i'sadapted to rest as shown more particularly "inFigi' f i From. theabovedetailed description it is of the drawing, the discbeing held in position by means of thenut 16 received on the threaded-portion 17 of the unit or member 12.. In other wordsthe disc or plate 'is.

clamped between the flange and the inner faceof the nut 16. It will be seen that as the second hand revolves the disc or plate 10 will likewise be revolved or rotated in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1

of the drawin In order to .obscure aaportion' of the 'adver tising matter on the disc or plate 10 I pro-' vide a shield which is suspended or mountedon the hub unit or member and while the shield is freely rotatable'relative' to'said hub unit or member it is counter-balanced to be held in the desired position." ,The shield includes'a plate 18 provided with the'sight openin lQ en a it Outer. e turned provide a flange 20. Connectedto the flange 20 and spaced from the rear face of t-hedisc orplate 18 is aplate or strip 21' of theshape shown more particularly in Fig. 5 of the drawing with one end of greater width than the other so that the bottomfof the strip or plate will be of greater weightthanxthe top portion thereof. This strip or plate 21 acts as a counter balan cin g weight to normally hold the shield'in the position shownrnore participlarly Figs. 1,3 and 5 of the drawing with thesight. opening 19exposing the lower half.

ofthe disc or plate 10. 'The strip or plate 21 isprovided at its narrow end with the prong 2 2an d at its widerend with theprongs23, these :pron gs 22 and 23 extending through openings/formed in the flange 20 as shown more particularly in Figs. ,3; and 5 ofthe drawing. The extension 14 of the hub unit onmember 12 extends through an opening formed inthe plate 18 of the shield whereas the extension 13 extends through 'an opening formed in. the counter-balancing plate, 21. Thus the shield is mounted'on. or suspended from the hub unit and while it is readilyrotats able relative to said unit it is held in proper position, as previously described, by the counter-balancing strip or plate 21.

; At 24 I have shown a feed wi e forffurnish ing current to the motor 6.

thought that the construction and operation will be clearlyunderstood. Theadvertising matter car'riedby the disc or plate 10 may be continuously read, as. the disc or plate is rotatedthro igh the sight opening 19 and the shield obscureslthe advertising, matter on the I 7 upper portion of the plate or disc. The coun-' ter-balancing ,2 plate orstrip 21" holds the shield,, at all times, with the. sight opening at' the bottom and it will. be f understood that although the second hand sha ft 9 and the disc or plate 10 carried thereby will be rotated nevertheless the shield willnot rotate, it beingfreely mounted on the hub :unit as previously described. a H:

I shaft, said shield having an opening normally positioned to permitobservation of the display matter on a portion of the display mem-' ber. 5' i fl.

r 3. A clock of the character described, including a shaft and operating means therefor, a' display member connected to and operable with the'shaft, and a shield supported by the shaft,.said shield being freely rotatable relative-to the shaft and provided with an open-.

ing through which a portion/of the display matter on the display member-maybe observed. I

4. A clockof the character described including a shafta'nd operatingrneans therefor, a

disc containing advertising matter, means for detachably connecting the disc to the shaft, anda shield mounted ontheshaft, said shield being formed andadapted to obscure a portion of the advertising matter on the disc.

' 5. A clock of the character described includ ing a shaft .and operating-means therefor, a

display member carried by the shaft, .anda

shield supported by the shaft relative to the display. member, said shield being formed and adaptedto obscure a portion of the display matter on the display member. 1

- 6. A clock of the character described including a shaft and operating Ineanstherefor, a hub. member. carried by the. shaft, a disc se cured to the hub member for containing ad-' vertising matter, and a shield supported by the hub member, said shield being formed and adapted to obscurea portion of the advertising matter on the disc.

7-. A cloc'k of the characterdescribed including a shaft and, operating means therefor, a hub'member carried by the shaft, means for securinga disc containing advertising matter to the hub member, and a shield supportedfby the hub member and freely rotat able relative thereto, said shieldbeing formed vertising matter on the disc. 1 a

8. A clock of thecharacter described including a'shaft and operating means therefor, a hubmembe'r carried by the shaft and provided with reduced extensions, a disc containing and adapted to obscure'a portion oftheigi d.

advertising matter, means for securing the discto thehub member, and "a shield'mounted on the. reduced extensions of the hub member, said'shield being formedia'nd adapted to obscure a portion of the advertising matter on the disc.

9. A clock of the character described includ ing a shaft and operating means therefor a i 5 hub member detachably connected to the shaft and provided with reduced extensions, a disc containing advertising matter, means for 'detachably connecting the disc to the hub member, and a counter-balanced shield mounted on the reduced extensions of the hub member, said shield being formed and adapted for obscuring. a portion of the advertising matter on the disc but permitting view of the advertising matter on the other portion of the disc.

10. A clock of the character described including a shaft and operating means there for, a display member connected to and operable with the shaft, and a shield mounted 2 on the shaft and provided with an opening through which matter on the display member may be read, said shield including aflange and r a plate connected thereto, said plate being of greater width at one end than at the other to counter-balance the shield on the shaft.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

' CHARLES B. DRAKE. 

